Merck continues to ride cancer drug Keytruda higher
Shares of Merck (MRK) closed up 3.50% today, October 29, after the company reported better than expected third quarter earnings. On a Non-GAAP basis earrings of $1.51 a share beat the Wall Street consensus by 27 cents a share. Revenue of $12.4 billion fell 6.7% year...
Looking for an above average yield? Australia’s Westpac Banking looks very attractive after today’s financial sector selling but I’d wait on a likely dividend cut this fall
Today’s weakness in the financial sector on the news that online brokerage Charles Schwab (SCHW) will be cutting commissions on equity and ETF trades to 0% sent the financial sector down to a loss of 2.07% on the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF). That...
Selling Pfizer out of my Dividend Portfolio tomorrow on Dem’s proposed drug-pricing bill
Why introduce legislation that will dead on arrival in the Republican controlled Senate? Because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats know that controlling drug prices is extremely popular with voters. And a proposal that is a serious effort to lower drug...
Fed cuts interest rates by 25 basis points; financial markets want more, more, more
Today the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee cut the Fed’s benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points. That’s pretty much what the financial markets had been expecting–although a sizable minority of investors and traders had been hoping...
Adding Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico to my Dividend Portfolio on Monday
Now that President Donald Trump’s tariff threat isn’t hanging over the Mexican economy (for the moment, anyway), I’m adding Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (PAC) to my Dividend Portfolio on Monday. The shares of Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico,...
Kinder Morgan, a Dividend Portfolio pick, raises quarterly payout by 25%
On April 17, Kinder Morgan (KMI) reported first quarter 2019 results that were a penny below Wall Street estimates (at 24 cents a share) and that missed revenue projections at $3.43 billion versus the $3.63 billion consensus. (That amounted to a 0.3% year over year...
Selling Independent Bank (IBCP) out of my Dividend Portfolio
When I posted earlier today that I would keep Bank of America (BAC) in my Dividend Portfolio I said the decision rested largely on the ways that Bank of America wasn’t like the “average” bank. Chief among these “ways” was the bank’s...
2019 shaping up as a tough year for bank stocks–here’s why I’m holding Bank of America in my Dividend Portfolio
2018 was supposed to be a good year for bank stocks. Rising interest rates from the Federal Reserve would provide a positive environment for banks, bank revenues, and bank earnings.2019 is likely to provide a negative backdrop for banks. The Fed is holding interest...
Added Restaurant Brands to my Jubak’s Picks and Dividend Portfolios on February 21
My apologies. Sometimes the bookkeeping in my portfolios gets a little complicated and I miss an entry. On February 20 I made Restaurant Brands International (QSR) the first pick in my Special Report on JubakAM.com “10 stocks for a market worried about an...
Selling Helmerich & Payne out of my Dividend Portfolio today
I named Helmerich & Payne (HP) #6 in my Special Report on the 10 most dangerous stocks for this earnings season on my paid JubakAM.com site. And today I’m selling the shares out of my Dividend Portfolio. After naming Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) #4 and...
I’m selling Exxon Mobil out of my Dividend Portfolio as part of my annual portfolio rebalancing
I’m part way through the annual rebalancing of my Dividend Portfolio (with other portfolios to follow.) The initial stage of that process requires a close look at which of the stocks in the portfolio I’d like to keep for another year (based on their...
Adding Digital Realty Trust to my Dividend Portfolio
On March 15 I added Digital Realty Trust (DLR) to my Special Report: 10 Stocks for an Earnings Recession on my subscription JubakAM.com site. With this post, I’m also adding Digital Realty to my Dividend Portfolio. For Digital Realty Trust (DLR), a REIT that...
Selling AT&T out of Dividend Portfolio on debt load, business trends
If it was just one of these things OR the other, I wouldn’t be selling AT&T out of my Dividend Portfolio. But it’s not OR. As the company’s adds note it’s &. The company finished 2018 with $166.3 billion in long term debt. And $10.3...
Government action on drug prices seems far, far away
The format was familiar: Seven CEOs sit in front of a Senate Committee probing their industry’s business practices. But whereas a Congressional hearing a decade ago marked a key moment in what was a costly public reckoning for the tobacco industry, today’s...
Appeals court rules AT&T acquisition of TimeWarner can go ahead–why isn’t the stock up more today?
The U.S. Appeals Court in Washington ruled today that AT&T’s (T) $85 billion takeover of Time Warner (now known as WarnerMedia) could go ahead. The court said in a 35-page opinion that the Justice Department had failed to establish that a lower-court judge...
ING yields 5.8% and may have turned the corner on share price in the last month
I’m sure you’re happy with the 5.80% forward dividend yield on ING (ING). That dividend is why the stock is a member of my Dividend Portfolio. I’m also sure that you’re not happy with the loss in the stock’s price–down 13.64% year...
Buying Pfizer for my Dividend Portfolio
I’m going to take advantage of the selling in the market in general and in the drug sector in particular–on news of the asbestos liability at Johnson & Johnson and fears of the death of Obamacare (AKA the Affordable Care Act)–to buy Pfizer (PFE) in my Dividend...
Selling Citigroup out of my Dividend Portfolio
I’ve done a decent job in 2018 of staying away from the plunging financial sector–except in my Dividend Portfolio. There, sucked (or “suckered” if you prefer) by high dividend yields and the prospects of rising net interest margins as the Federal Reserve raised...
I’m selling GE out of my Dividend Portfolio ahead of tomorrow’s earnings report
General Electric (GE) is scheduled to finally report third quarter earnings tomorrow. Wall Street is looking for earnings per share of 20 cents for the quarter on revenue of $29.94 billion. I’m expecting that new CEO Lawrence Culp, the former CEO of Jubak Picks...
Dividend Portfolio member Independent Bank beats on earnings and revenue
While on vacation, I used the down time to get caught up on earnings reports I missed during the very busy second quarter earnings season. This post was written on August 16. On July 25 after the market close Independent Bank (IBCP) reported earnings of 44 cents a...
Buying Cummins today for my Dividend Portfolio
In my on-going Special Report: 10 Best Stocks in 10 Sectors (running on my JubakAM.com subscription site) I laid out the case for buying Cummins (CMI) now a a dividend stock with the expectation that as the current depression over the share price of industrial...
Adding AT&T (and its 6.5% yield) to my Dividend Portfolio
Today’s 4.51% drop in shares of AT&T (T) on a relatively mild revenue disappointment announced after the market close yesterday has considerably de-risked the stock. At the current 3:30 p.m. New York price of $30.25 the stock pays a dividend yield of 6.61%....
Bank of America beats on earnings, confirms 25% dividend hike
Shares of Bank of America (BAC) closed 4.27% higher today after the company announced second quarter earnings of 63 cents a share, 6 cents a share above the Wall Street consensus. Revenue fell 0.9% year over year but at $22.6 billion it still exceeded the $22.5...
Reaction to JPM Chase earnings today small red flag for continued earnings season rally
The reaction to Wells Fargo (WFC) earnings released before the open this morning was perfectly fitting. The bank lagged its peers again on key metrics (revenue fell 3.1% year over year and earnings per share were down 9% as average loans fell 1%) and the stock was...
I’m adding Citigroup to my Dividend Portfolio
Citigroup (C) is among the big banks that passed the most recent stress test from the Federal Reserve. That means the bank can go ahead with its plans to raise its quarterly dividend to 45 cents from 32 cents and to buyback $17.6 billion in shares. The plan would take...
Tomorrow I’m selling McDonald’s out of my Dividend Portfolio
In my post of June 28 “My baseline stock market scenario for the next 30 days” I pointed to an earnings/post earnings report pattern that I thought posed significant danger to stocks. Analysts, I noted, were projecting knock out earnings growth for the...
Canadian government buys Trans Mountain Pipeline and removes huge albatross from neck of Kinder Morgan
Yesterday the Canadian government announced that it will buy the Trans Mountain Pipeline from Kinder Morgan Canada for CAD$ 4.5 billion. Kinder Morgan (KMI), a member of my Dividend Portfolio, owns a 70% stake in Kinder Morgan Canada. The sale, which certainly...
Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, seems to signal continued gradual interest rate increases for rest of 2018
As expected by the financial markets, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged at today’s meeting of the Open Market Committee. As expected the Fed didn’t really clarify its stance on inflation and interest rate increases, acknowledging that...
Merck moves lower in spite of earnings beat
This morning before the New York markets opened Merck (MRK) reported earnings of $1.05 a share, ahead of the $1.00 a share forecast by Wall Street analysts. Earnings were up 19.3% from the first quarter of 2017. Revenue grew 6% to $10 billion. That narrowly missed the...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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